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Here’s an interesting endorsement in Buffalo’s heated four-way Senate race — the Brady Campaign gun control organization is backing independent candidate Mark Grisanti. The endorsement looks like a calculated bet that not all of upstate voters, especially those who might otherwise vote for Grisanti’s opponent, Democrat Marc Panepinto, are that upset by the SAFE Act, […] More »

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Former first lady, U.S. senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton taped a robocall for 19th CD Democratic candidate Sean Eldridge, who according to the latest Siena Research Institute poll is trailing badly behind Republican Rep. Chris Gibson. Clinton hosted a Sept. 29 fundraiser for Eldridge and nine other Democratic congressional incumbents and “Red-to-Blue” aspirants. […] More »

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is touting a reduction in workers compensation insurance rates which are on schedule to drop a total of $45 million next year. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the rate that employers pay to State’s workers’ compensation system is dropping yet again, in 2015, resulting in savings to all employers totaling $45 […] More »

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This week’s episode of “New York Now,” the award-winning co-production of the Times Union and WMHT, offers an election-eve extravanganza. Highlights include: Karen DeWitt of New York State Public Radio sits down with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to talk about his first term and his election challenge from Republican John Cahill. I get to referee […] More »

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Good morning! The three most important things to remember on Halloween night: If you’re driving, watch out for kids; if you’re partying, spare a thought for your neighbors; and if you’re buying candy, save all the red licorice for me. The trick-or-treating weather will be in the 40s with a chance of rain, which brings […] More »

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Both Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and candidate John Cahill fought to be heard Thursday night at the only scheduled debate for the attorney general race in Buffalo. Amid many attempts by moderator Liz Benjamin to focus the debate, the two candidates went back and forth over the Moreland Commission, gun control laws and women’s rights, […] More »

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Continuing its litigation against a casino on the eastern gateway to the Capital Region, Save East Greenbush and some of its members sued the town’s zoning board of appeals on Thursday. The suit complains about the board’s Oct. 14 vote to adopt a resolution needed by Capital View Casino & Resort to move forward with […] More »

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The Women’s Equality Party has debuted a new TV ad with less than a week to go until the party appears the ballot for the first time. “Count Your Blessings” urges voters to get the new line 50,000 votes on Election Day, which would allow it to maintain a spot on the ballot for the next […] More »

The Schenectady-based food truck called the Wandering Dago — attacked for its controversial monicker, beloved for its paninis, tater tots and milkshakes — has served up a second lawsuit against New York State. The new suit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Albany, claims that Wandering Dago co-owner Andrea Loguidice was fired by the […] More »

In September, hardcore progressives were predicted to vote for Zephyr Teachout in the Democratic primary for governor. With Teachout losing, who are they going to vote for in November? According to Teachout’s former campaign manager Mike Boland, a vote for Andrew Cuomo on the Working Families Party line is a vote for the progressive movement. […] More »

The Republican Astorino-Moss campaign and the state Democrats traded barbs over racial discrimination charges Thursday. Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss, who is running for lieutenant governor alongside gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, said Thursday morning on Live From the State Capitol! with Fred Dicker that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign’s criticism of Astorino over a Westchester County […] More »

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CSEA President Danny Donohue has sent around a “reality check” for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino. In a statement released Thursday, the union leader said that with Election Day fast approaching, it’s interesting that Astorino is “casting himself as the champion of public employees in stark contradiction of the historical record.” “Actions during the campaign […] More »

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Using the future tense and saying details are still to come, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio say the state and city “will create a program of financial incentives and other employment protections to encourage health care professionals to travel to West Africa and provide assistance treating Ebola patients to […] More »

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In a further rebuke of public education-related comments that have gotten Gov. Andrew Cuomo in hot water, top executives from New York State United Teachers released late Wednesday an open letter to Republican Rob Astorino and others about those comments. That letter from President Karen Magee and Executive Vice President Andrew Pallotta: On behalf of […] More »

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Republican George Amedore’s campaign charged Thursday that state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk used a campaign finance loophole to skirt maximum contribution limits. The charges stem from 11-day pre-general filings submitted last week to the state Board of Elections. The Amedore campaign pointed to a series of weighty donations to the Ulster County Democratic Committee made by […] More »

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